HMRC records show 924 businesses trading internationally from Milton Keynes over the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Buckinghamshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
21,066Import declarations▼ 17.5% on the 6 months before
7,344Export declarations
−8.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
924Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 924 businesses.
★ Most active in Milton KeynesFiled more customs declarations than any other Milton Keynes business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
1515 import declarations474 export declarationsMK14 *Ch. 14Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1515 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity474 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INGRAM MICRO HOLDINGS LTD
261 import declarations336 export declarationsMK9 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges, input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity261 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity336 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SUZUKI GB PLC
459 import declarations75 export declarationsMK4 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., spark-ignition outboard motors for marine propulsion, brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speci.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity459 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BSH HOME APPLIANCES LTD
352 import declarations139 export declarationsMK12 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include household refrigerators, compression-type, combined refrigerator-freezers, with separate external doors or drawers, or combinations thereof, freezers of the upright type, of a capacity <= 900 l.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity352 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity139 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KEYENCE (UK) LTD
287 import declarations175 export declarationsMK9 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network, machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or o, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity287 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity175 in the last 6 months
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What Milton Keynes trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 924 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaAir pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refriParts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vMachines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Milton Keynes
How many businesses import or export from Milton Keynes?
HMRC customs records show 924 businesses in Milton Keynes (MK10, MK11, MK12, MK13) filed declarations over the last six months — 21,066 import declarations and 7,344 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Milton Keynes businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Milton Keynes traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Milton Keynes growing?
Import activity is down 17.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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